Comments on: Justice O’Connor Gets the Gift of Deodorant http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:49:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1773082 bluebutterfly Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:51:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1773082 <p>Rehnquist was a good example of that. His FBI file was huge. A guaranteed job for life is a blanket immunity for bad decisions.</p> <p><a href="http://william-rehnquist.com/main.php?g2_itemId=1921" rel="nofollow">http://william-rehnquist.com/m.....temId=1921</a></p> Rehnquist was a good example of that. His FBI file was huge. A guaranteed job for life is a blanket immunity for bad decisions.

http://william-rehnquist.com/m…..temId=1921

]]> By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1773081 bluebutterfly Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:44:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1773081 <p>That question startled me for a few seconds. I am used to referring to the Patriot Act as the done deal it is now. I stand corrected.</p> <p>Did you ever read the 2001 act? There is no way that 132 page document was produced between Sept. 11/01 and Oct.23/01. Congress critters did not read and/or understand it between the 23rd and the vote on the 26th. It would have required lawyers to explain many portions of it.</p> <p><a href="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ056.107.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://frwebgate.access.gpo.go.....56.107.pdf</a></p> That question startled me for a few seconds. I am used to referring to the Patriot Act as the done deal it is now. I stand corrected.

Did you ever read the 2001 act? There is no way that 132 page document was produced between Sept. 11/01 and Oct.23/01. Congress critters did not read and/or understand it between the 23rd and the vote on the 26th. It would have required lawyers to explain many portions of it.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.go…..56.107.pdf

]]> By: cheflloyd http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1773080 cheflloyd Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:42:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1773080 <p>I don’t think that Supreme Court Justices should be allowed to serve until they want to retire. For all we know, they could be suffering (or not) from some of the mental issuses of aging; on that note, the founding fathers idea of them serving for life, I feel, needs to be re-thougt. These people should NOT be serving until they die or retire. This is perhaps one of the nation’s largest problems, in my opinion. We need fresh, new YOUNG people in this government who understand what it is that the country needs. These old people (not disrespect with the word) simply cannot be aware of all of the nations’ problems as they sit in their robes in their ivory towers.</p> <p>Time for a change of the Constitution.</p> I don’t think that Supreme Court Justices should be allowed to serve until they want to retire. For all we know, they could be suffering (or not) from some of the mental issuses of aging; on that note, the founding fathers idea of them serving for life, I feel, needs to be re-thougt. These people should NOT be serving until they die or retire. This is perhaps one of the nation’s largest problems, in my opinion. We need fresh, new YOUNG people in this government who understand what it is that the country needs. These old people (not disrespect with the word) simply cannot be aware of all of the nations’ problems as they sit in their robes in their ivory towers.

Time for a change of the Constitution.

]]> By: slouching http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1773025 slouching Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:49:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1773025 <p>Sandra Day O’Connor<br /> Appointed by a president (who may<br /> have had Alzheimers from his first official day)<br /> to fultill a campaign promise, some say.</p> <p>Alas,her legacy would have been far more<br /> had not she cast the vote that broke the tie<br /> forbidding a recount in Bush v Gore.</p> Sandra Day O’Connor
Appointed by a president (who may
have had Alzheimers from his first official day)
to fultill a campaign promise, some say.

Alas,her legacy would have been far more
had not she cast the vote that broke the tie
forbidding a recount in Bush v Gore.

]]> By: pdaly http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772939 pdaly Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:53:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772939 <p>There was a time when American newspapers could make an equal claim to quality. Oh, well.</p> <p>The first Patriot Act passed in 2001. I suppose you are referring to the Second Patriot Act, renewed in 2005? and signed by Bush in March 2006?</p> There was a time when American newspapers could make an equal claim to quality. Oh, well.

The first Patriot Act passed in 2001. I suppose you are referring to the Second Patriot Act, renewed in 2005? and signed by Bush in March 2006?

]]> By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772916 bluebutterfly Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:28:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772916 <p>Not curious at all. If Americans want to know what is going on in their country, they would be well advised to go to foreign websites. That is where I find such things as Israel, Iran, and Irag news. Not going to get much reality in the MSM.</p> <p>The Guardian is one of the best for up to date news.</p> Not curious at all. If Americans want to know what is going on in their country, they would be well advised to go to foreign websites. That is where I find such things as Israel, Iran, and Irag news. Not going to get much reality in the MSM.

The Guardian is one of the best for up to date news.

]]> By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772907 bluebutterfly Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:23:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772907 <p>Thanks…</p> <p>Her warnings were very explicit weren’t they? She expected something like the Patriot Act to be enacted. She is smart and saw the light long before anyone else did. Very clearly she warned that the Republicans were trying for a dictatorship. Seems to me she was correct.</p> Thanks…

Her warnings were very explicit weren’t they? She expected something like the Patriot Act to be enacted. She is smart and saw the light long before anyone else did. Very clearly she warned that the Republicans were trying for a dictatorship. Seems to me she was correct.

]]> By: pdaly http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772897 pdaly Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:18:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772897 <p>We hit the same websites. Good summary you provided, bluebutterfly.</p> We hit the same websites. Good summary you provided, bluebutterfly.

]]> By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772896 bluebutterfly Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:14:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772896 <p>Obviously, I was typing while you were submitting..</p> Obviously, I was typing while you were submitting..

]]> By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772894 bluebutterfly Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:12:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/26/justice-oconnor-gets-the-gift-of-deodorant/#comment-1772894 <p>Yes, she was threatened; her and Justice Ruth Gader Ginsburg. Threatened in a chat room because they sometimes look to foreign laws or court rulings when making their decisions. Ginsburg said the threats were made by Republicans. She spoke out against Republican interference in the courts and the danger of the US falling into a dictatorship. The audio of her Mar 9/06 speech at Georgetown University is available here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5255712" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/templates/s.....Id=5255712</a></p> <p>Threats here:</p> <p><a href="http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/03/ginsburg-oconnor-received-death.php" rel="nofollow">http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/pap.....-death.php</a></p> <p>In her speech, she criticized Republicans who criticized the courts. She said they challenge the independence of judges and the freedoms of all Americans.</p> <p>O’Connor said that attacks on the judiciary by some Republican leaders pose a direct threat to our constitutional freedoms.</p> <p>The founding fathers knew statutes and constitutions don’t protect independence, people do.</p> <p>O’Connor says we must be ever-vigilant against those who would strongarm the judiciary into adopting their preferred policies. It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, she said, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings.</p> <p><a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Retired_Supreme_Court_Justice_hits_attacks_0310.html" rel="nofollow">http://rawstory.com/news/2006/....._0310.html</a></p> Yes, she was threatened; her and Justice Ruth Gader Ginsburg. Threatened in a chat room because they sometimes look to foreign laws or court rulings when making their decisions. Ginsburg said the threats were made by Republicans. She spoke out against Republican interference in the courts and the danger of the US falling into a dictatorship. The audio of her Mar 9/06 speech at Georgetown University is available here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/s…..Id=5255712

Threats here:

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/pap…..-death.php

In her speech, she criticized Republicans who criticized the courts. She said they challenge the independence of judges and the freedoms of all Americans.

O’Connor said that attacks on the judiciary by some Republican leaders pose a direct threat to our constitutional freedoms.

The founding fathers knew statutes and constitutions don’t protect independence, people do.

O’Connor says we must be ever-vigilant against those who would strongarm the judiciary into adopting their preferred policies. It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, she said, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings.

http://rawstory.com/news/2006/….._0310.html

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